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class=\"bk-sub\">How Mr. Padamsha Daimary, a rural youth, built a thriving apiary enterprise<\/p>\n    <div class=\"bk-meta\"><span>Sijonguri village, No. 5 Dhansiri, Udalguri, Assam<\/span><span>|<\/span><span>Supported by KVK Udalguri<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-stats\">\n    <div class=\"bk-stat\"><b>Rs 5.05 lakh<\/b><small>Annual Income<\/small><\/div>\n    <div class=\"bk-stat\"><b>150<\/b><small>Bee Colonies<\/small><\/div>\n    <div class=\"bk-stat\"><b>1.5-2 q<\/b><small>Honey per Year<\/small><\/div>\n    <div class=\"bk-stat\"><b>3<\/b><small>Other NE States Supplied<\/small><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"bk-abs\">\n      <p>This is the story of Mr. Padamsha Daimary, a young beekeeper from Udalguri district, BTR, Assam. Awareness programmes, need-based training in scientific beekeeping, regular monitoring of his apiary by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Udalguri, and his own determination were the keys to his success. As a traditional beekeeper, he earned only Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 a year. Today his beekeeping enterprise brings him up to Rs 5,05,000 a year.<\/p>\n      <ul class=\"bk-kw\"><li class=\"lab\">Keywords:<\/li><li>Honey bee<\/li><li>Honey<\/li><li>Bee colony<\/li><li>Income<\/li><li>Rural youth<\/li><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n    <p>Mr. Padamsha Daimary, a 27-year-old rural youth from a Scheduled Tribe community, lives in Sijonguri village, No. 5 Dhansiri, Udalguri district. Until 2018 he was unemployed. Looking for a way to earn a living, he turned to beekeeping and, towards the end of 2018, started with one colony of local bees reared the traditional way. Each colony gave only 4 to 5 kg of honey a year, barely enough for home use.<\/p>\n    <p>He wanted to produce good-quality honey commercially but lacked scientific knowledge. In search of guidance, he visited KVK Udalguri at the end of 2018, hoping to become a commercial beekeeper and build a better life.<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"bk-tl\">\n      <li><span class=\"d\">Late 2018<\/span><span class=\"t\">Started traditional beekeeping with one colony of local bees<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"d\">End of 2018<\/span><span class=\"t\">Approached KVK Udalguri for scientific guidance<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"d\">2019<\/span><span class=\"t\">Established his apiary on scientific lines; income began to rise sharply<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"d\">Today<\/span><span class=\"t\">150 colonies, a model apiary and a role as master trainer<\/span><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>KVK Intervention<\/h3>\n    <p>KVK scientists discussed his problems, resources and available land with him. Subject experts then visited his area and drew up a plan covering site selection, placement of bee boxes and colony management. Following this plan, KVK carried out a series of activities to develop his farm into a model unit.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"bk-steps\">\n      <div><b>Awareness<\/b>On scientific beekeeping<\/div>\n      <div><b>Training<\/b>Need-based, hands-on<\/div>\n      <div><b>Demonstration<\/b>Of beekeeping technology<\/div>\n      <div><b>Monitoring<\/b>Regular visits to his apiary<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p style=\"margin-top:14px\">Under this guidance, his apiary has become a model beekeeping enterprise in the area. He now rears two species:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"bk-sp\">\n      <div><i>Apis cerana indica<\/i><small>Indian honey bee<\/small><\/div>\n      <div><i>Apis mellifera<\/i><small>European honey bee<\/small><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Innovation: Honey in the Bottle<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"bk-inno\">\n      <h4>A bee box that fills bottles directly<\/h4>\n      <p>Mr. Daimary designed a honey box in which empty bottles replace the frames in the honey chamber. The bees build comb and store honey directly in the bottles, so no separate extraction is needed. Customers value this fresh comb honey for its quality.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Achievements<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"bk-ba\">\n      <div class=\"bk-before\"><h4>Before (traditional)<\/h4><ul><li>Two colonies of local bees<\/li><li>4 to 5 kg honey per colony a year<\/li><li>Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 a year<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-arr\">&rarr;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-after\"><h4>Now (scientific)<\/h4><ul><li>150 colonies of two species<\/li><li>1.5 to 2 q honey a year<\/li><li>Up to Rs 5,05,000 a year<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p style=\"margin-top:14px\">His income comes from three sources: honey, sale of bee colonies and sale of bee boxes.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"bk-inc\">\n      <div class=\"bk-bt\">Annual income by source<\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-row\"><span>Bee colonies<small>At about Rs 1,500 per colony<\/small><\/span><div class=\"bk-track\"><div class=\"bk-fill\" style=\"width:100%\">Rs 1,50,000 &#8211; 2,25,000<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-row\"><span>Honey<small>1.5 to 2 q at about Rs 800 per kg<\/small><\/span><div class=\"bk-track\"><div class=\"bk-fill\" style=\"width:71.1%\">Rs 1,20,000 &#8211; 1,60,000<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-row\"><span>Bee boxes<small>At about Rs 2,000 per box<\/small><\/span><div class=\"bk-track\"><div class=\"bk-fill\" style=\"width:53.3%\">Rs 1,00,000 &#8211; 1,20,000<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class=\"bk-total\"><span>Total annual income<\/span><b>Up to Rs 5,05,000<\/b><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p style=\"margin-top:14px\">He has reinvested his earnings in the farm and now owns a power tiller, irrigation motor and small farm implements, and shares a tractor with his group.<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"bk-assets\"><li>Power tiller<\/li><li>Tractor (in group)<\/li><li>Irrigation motor<\/li><li>Small farm implements<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Market Linkage<\/h3>\n    <p>Local customers strongly prefer raw honey, and he supplies the retail markets of Udalguri district and the wider BTR area. His bee colonies are also in demand beyond Assam, and buyers collect them directly from his home.<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"bk-mkt\"><li>Udalguri district<\/li><li>BTR, Assam<\/li><li>Meghalaya<\/li><li>Nagaland<\/li><li>Tripura<\/li><\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec\">\n    <h3>Champion Farmer and Master Trainer<\/h3>\n    <p>Mr. Daimary is now recognised as a champion farmer in beekeeping in Udalguri district, and many farmers follow his example. As a master trainer, he shares his knowledge so that others can also start apiaries on scientific lines.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-sec bk-close\">\n    <h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n    <p>Awareness creation, scientific training, regular monitoring and strong willpower together turned Mr. Padamsha Daimary from a traditional beekeeper with two colonies into a successful entrepreneur with 150 colonies. His story shows that scientific beekeeping can greatly raise the income of rural youth and farmers, even those with very little land.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"bk-foot\">Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udalguri &nbsp;|&nbsp; Success Story<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bee.jpg 443w, https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bee-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success Story Agri-Entrepreneurship Development through Beekeeping How Mr. Padamsha Daimary, a rural youth, built a thriving apiary enterprise Sijonguri village, No. 5 Dhansiri, Udalguri, Assam|Supported by KVK Udalguri Rs 5.05 lakhAnnual Income 150Bee Colonies 1.5-2 qHoney per Year 3Other NE States Supplied Abstract This is the story of Mr. Padamsha Daimary, a young beekeeper from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kvkudalguri.aau.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}